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E. R. EMERSON.

DEMIJOHN.

Patented June 30, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT EDVARD R. EMERSON, OF NE\V YORK, N. Y.

DEMIJOHN.

SPECIFICA'I'ION forming part of Letters Patent No. 321,012, datel June 30, 1885.

Application filed November' 17` 1884. (Model.)

To aZZ whomI it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD R. EMERsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Demijohn, of which the following is a specificat'lon.

This invention relates to demijohns or portable covered glass vessels for containing and transporting vwines, liquors, and other liquids and fiuids. I

'Demijohns have heretofore been constructed in a peculiar and uniform way, viz: All below a certain capacity have been made in the Shape of a bottle, having much greater height than diameter,and provided on one side near the top with a handle. Thus constructed demijohns are awkward and unsightly obj eots, difficult to carry on account of the angular position they assume when pendent from the hand, and when in a standing position liable to be upset by the slightest push or blow because of the narrowness of the base or bottom.

The| object of my invention is to furnish a demijohn convenient to carry, compact in form, so that a number can be packed together side by side without loss of space, and

of such a Shape that it can be made to resemble a hand bag or valise, and can be carried in the same manner. Another object of the invention is to give stabilitly to the demijohn by reducing its height and incrcasing its base or bottom correspondingly.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents my improved demijohn in side ele- Fig. 2 is an end view of the same. Fig. 3 represents a modification of the manner of attaching the lugs to the wicher-work.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the top of the demijohn, from the center of which projects a short neck terminating with a month, a.

B B are the sides, O O the ends, and D the bottom.

The body of the demijohn and its neck and mouth a are made of glass, covered with wieker-work. The body is molded to a general rectangular form, as viewed from the bottom. The sides BB are parallel, and they rise from the bottom and curve toward each other in a conical form until they reach the neck. The

broadest part of the demijohn, taken transversely, is thus at the bottom, whereby stability is secured. The ends O O are at right angles to the bottom up to the junction with the top A. The mouth'a is at the center of the top of the demijohn. demijohn are to be poured out, its weight is sustained by one hand grasping the handle, the joints of the ends of which serve as pivots on which the demijohn is tilted or swung by raising its bottom.

E is the handle, which is ,placed lengthwise of the demijohn, so as to be above the mouth a when in a Vertical position, as when the demijohn is 'being carried. The ends of the handle are connected with lugs bb,'so that the handle can swing freely and also slide on the lugs, whereby the handle can be moved out of line with the niouth and turned down against the side of the demijohn, as shown by the dotted lines. The lugs b should be connected \Vl1en the contents of the with the wicker-work in such a manner as to securely support the weight of the demijohn and its contents. To this end the said lugs are formed of twisted withes, and the ends are woven in with the wicker work. The fastening of the ends of the lugs may be effected in several different ways. For example, in Figs. 1' and 2 the ends are woven in with the wickerwork nearly to the bottom and looped around the last withe into and with which the said ends are woven. In this case it will be observed the ends of the several strands or withes composing the lugs are twisted in, so as not to be visible. In Fig. 3 the ends of the lugs are carried under the bottom, and the ends of the withes are looped around the bottom pieces. By constructing demijohns in the above-de scribed manner they are rendered much more convenient than the old form. They can be carried in the hand without striking against the person, and like an ordinary hand-bag or valise, which they can be made to closely p resemble by inclosing them in a suitable case, or like a package by wrapping them in paper. 'The demijohn is better balanced by providing` it with a handle attached in the described Vmanner, and consequently it canbe carried IOO and month nearer one end, soas to project out at an angle or horizontally. It can also be covered with leather or other similar material instead of wicker-Work.

I do not claim vessels having the orifice at the ends or on the sides. Neither do I ela-im canteens and similar fiaskshaped vcssels having narrow bases; bnt

What I do claim is- 1. As an iinproved article of manufacture, the deinijohn herein dcscrihed, consisting of a glass vessel covered with a suitable material having greater length than height, the sides of which are curved inward toward the top in a conical form and the ends at right angles to the sides and bottom, and provided with a 

